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We cannot delay taking action to fight systemic racism

June 8, 2020 3:44 pm Leave a comment

Josh Kaul is Wisconsin's Attorney General.

Americans are faced with a crisis of conscience.

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CIVIL RIGHTS CHAMPION: Law partner remembers Safran, prominent Milwaukee civil rights attorney

June 2, 2020 8:18 am Leave a comment

Jonathan Safran talks about a civil rights lawsuit filed on behalf of the family of Dontre Hamilton during a 2016 news conference. Hamilton died at the hands of a Milwaukee police officer in 2014. (Photo: Mike De Sisti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

When Jonathan Safran took on a case, he was dogged in the pursuit of his goals and painstaking in his methods.

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Family sues police over stun gun death of mentally ill man

May 16, 2018 10:05 am Leave a comment

The family of a mentally ill man who died after Milwaukee-area police officers used a stun gun on him has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the village of West Milwaukee.

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$3.3M settlement for family of black teen killed by officer

February 23, 2017 9:31 am Leave a comment

Officer Matt Kenny, left, and shooting victim Tony Robinson. A Wisconsin prosecutor said he will announce on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 whether charges will be filed against Kenny, who fatally shot the unarmed Robinson, 19, in an apartment house on March 6 in Madison. (Madison Police Department/Wisconsin Department of Corrections via AP)

Relatives of an unarmed black teenager who was fatally shot by a police officer in Wisconsin will receive $3.35 million to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit, attorneys announced on Thursday.

Tagged with: Civil Rights David Owens Jim Palmer Tony Robinson

Civil rights lawsuit filed in Milwaukee police custody death

July 7, 2016 8:50 pm Leave a comment

The family of a man who died in Milwaukee police custody five years ago filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Wednesday against the city and the officers involved.

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Civil rights lawsuit filed in Milwaukee police custody death

July 6, 2016 2:36 pm Leave a comment

The family of a man who died in Milwaukee police custody five years ago is filing a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city and the officers involved.

Tagged with: Civil Rights Derek Williams

Civil rights lawsuit against Racine settled for $100K

June 27, 2016 9:25 am Leave a comment

The city of Racine has settled a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by a man who says he was handcuffed and beaten outside his home after police came to investigate a car accident he wasn't involved in.

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Federal prosecutions not easy in police shootings

August 27, 2014 9:26 am Leave a comment

In this July 20, 2014 file photo, Alvin Duplessis, 10, left, and Thomas McGriff, 5, foreground, hold signs with others from the Watson Memorial Teaching Ministries Church of New Orleans, at a rally in New Orleans held after the acquittal of George Zimmerman. The Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network organized "Justice for Trayvon" rallies nationwide to press for federal civil rights charges against Zimmerman, who was found not guilty in the shooting death of the unarmed black teenager, Trayvon Martin. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

As the Justice Department probes the police shooting of an unarmed 18-year-old in Missouri, history suggests there's no guarantee of a criminal prosecution, let alone a conviction.

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Avery wants federal lawsuit dismissed

August 20, 2014 9:41 am Leave a comment

The man imprisoned for killing a 25-year-old photographer on his family property near Mishicot in 2005 wants his federal civil rights lawsuit dismissed.

Tagged with: Civil Rights free speech Steven Avery

Woman jailed for 2 weeks, but not charged files lawsuit

August 6, 2014 10:43 am Leave a comment

A woman who was arrested and jailed for two weeks, but never charged with a crime, has filed a civil rights lawsuit against officials in Fond du Lac County.

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Gov’t: Most school discipline need not mean court

January 9, 2014 10:35 am Leave a comment

Attorney General Eric Holder takes part in news conference in Miami. The Obama administration is issuing new recommendations Wednesday Jan. 8, 2014 on classroom discipline that seek to end the apparent disparities in how students of different races are punished for violating school rules. Holder said the problem often stems from well intentioned "zero-tolerance" policies that too often inject the criminal justice system into the resolution of problems. (AP File Photo/Alan Diaz)

The Obama administration on Wednesday pressed the nation's schools to abandon what it called overly zealous discipline policies that send students to court instead of the principal's office.

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Civil suit in homicide conviction will proceed

March 21, 2013 10:13 am Leave a comment

A federal judge has allowed an amended civil rights lawsuit filed by a man exonerated in a 1980 sexual assault and strangulation to proceed.

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Civil Rights; Public employees; protected speech

March 11, 2013 11:24 am Leave a comment

12-2345 Kristofek v. Village of Orland Hills

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1st hearing held in Milwaukee suspect’s death

October 17, 2012 1:10 pm Leave a comment

A special prosecutor says he might seek outside medical experts in the investigation into a suspect's death in Milwaukee police custody.

Tagged with: Civil Rights Derek Williams John Franke

Basing hiring decisions on criminal history may violate law, EEOC warns

April 30, 2012 10:19 am Leave a comment

Employers beware: Your prohibition on hiring job applicants with arrest or conviction records could land you in trouble with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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Steven Avery files suit over homicide conviction (UPDATE)

December 8, 2011 10:35 am 2 Comments

A Wisconsin man exonerated of rape after serving 18 years in prison, then convicted of helping kill a woman after he was set free filed a lawsuit from prison claiming his civil rights were violated.

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